Turkish Grand Prix (6.07.2009)
Brawn GP Racer Jenson Button Stands as a Man Apart After Winning Six of Seven Outings on the F1 Circuit.
Formula 1 returns to Byzantium with its traveling roadshow and Jenson Button (22 Brawn Mercedes) remains the dominant headline after slipping past pole sitter Sebastian Vettel (15) on Lap 1 and races away from Red Bull antagonist Mark Webber (14) to snare his sixth circuit victory in seven starts, virtually ensuring him a role in the final act later in the season.
The FIA and the Team Manufacturers Go to War Over Revenue Sharing, Constructor Expenses, and the Heavy Hand of FIA supremo Max Mosley.
Bigger news looms on the horizon, however, as a nasty spat between FIA president Maxwell Mosley and several club principals threatens to tear Formula 1 apart at the seams. Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, BMW, and Red Bull, upset with Mosley’s mendacity and F1 supremo Bernard Ecclestone’s bountiful cut of franchise revenues, refuse to sign a new agreement with F1 unless all parties renegotiate a revenue sharing arrangement and the FIA defangs the patrician Mosley. Ecclestone and Mosley bristle at the attempt to clip their wings, and the teams make preliminary arrangements to establish a rival breakaway series. Both sides creep to the brink before Ecclestone drags Mosley off from his perch, and F1 survives the immediate crisis. Mosley and Ecclestone will still manage to slip in one more punch before the new deal takes effect.
